Internet of Things

A group of semiconductor, computing and software companies want to establish a common wireless communications framework for internet of things applications. The Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) includes Atmel, Broadcom, Dell, Intel, Samsung and Wind River want to create a standard wireless protocol based on open source code. But will use existing wireless interface standards. The aim is to standardise communicating and managing IoT devices, regardless of form ...

Context Information Security has exposed a security weakness in a wireless LED light bulb system and has a warning for all IoT companies. “It is clear that in the dash to get onto the IoT bandwagon, security is not being prioritised as highly as it should be in many connected devices,” said Context research director Michael Jordon. “We have also ...

The UK government is funding a consortium of more than 40 UK-based technology companies to help them take commercial advantage of the market for internet-based devices, the so-called internet of things (IoT). The initiative which is funded by the Technology Strategy Board has at its centre the creation of a new open IoT specification. Called HyperCat, it is designed to support software interoperability, allowing ...

Cambridge Design Partnership has created a start-up company aimed at commercialising wearable electronic devices, for horse-racing. Gmax Technology will manufacture a range of connected body monitors aimed at the horse-racing sports market. The 5 year old start-up is targeting a niche high value market for sports monitors. It has been supported by Technology Strategy Board SMART awards and Knowledge Transfer ...

The UK is to get a national wireless network to support internet-of-things (IoT) services in 10 cities. Arqiva will install and run the network which will use ultra-narrowband wireless infrastructure supplied by Sigfox. The network will be part of a global infrastructure. Sigfox networks are already deployed in France, the Netherlands and Spain, as well as in several cities in other countries, including Moscow and Munich. “The UK ...

The internet-of-things is dead. It should be the Internet of Everything. No, wait – what does that really mean? Asks Raghu Das, CEO, IDTechEx. Regardless of the hype, the internet-of-things (IoT) will provide significant value to business and consumers, provided suppliers can address real problems. In the industry, suppliers need to identify problems that the IoT can address – many ...

Securing the internet-of-things is like hitting “a moving target” and it is important for designers to make both hardware and software secure, says Kamran Shah, director of marketing, embedded systems at Mentor Graphics. “Software provides secure access control and hardware provides secure storage and system boot functions,” Shah tells Electronics Weekly. “But security in the software domain in particular is ...

IoT, the internet-of- things, represents a huge business opportunity for European design firms. How to capitalise on this opportunity in Europe was the topic of conversation at the Embedded World exhibition in Nuremberg last week. The IoT is impacting all the main industrial applications for embedded systems in which Europe has a very strong design presence. These are industrial automation ...

There is a website which tells you what houses are safe to burgle. Fill in a simple on-line form and, using publically-available data and some information trawled from live geo-location phone apps, it will tell you if the person is at home or not. It doesn’t work for everyone, it depends how connected your potential victim is. Take the Electronics ...

The Internet of Things adds connectivity to things. It is a broad term referring to applications as diverse as internet connected vehicles to consumer electronics such as smart phones. However, the edge of the Internet of Things network will consist of simpler sensors and wireless devices that provide, among other things, the identification of objects, sensing, control and automation. The ...